Christopher E. Larsen

Dr. Christopher E. Larsen is an educator in the art of leadership; an instructional designer for the defense industry; an author in the doctrine of tactical operations; and a researcher in the cognitive science of emergent pedagogical models.

Christopher holds a PhD from the University of Missouri in learning technologies with an emphasis area of educational psychology. His dissertation research explored emergent trends within the cognitive apprenticeship model of learning and instruction. Additionally Christopher holds a MEd in educational technology with an emphasis in instructional system design, plus a BS in mass communication with a minor in history.

A quick overview of Christopher’s instructional appointments includes work in the public schools of South Korea, military professionals of foreign militaries in Iraq, as well as professional warriors and scholars in service to the US Armed Forces.

Christopher has served as a curriculum developer for both the US Army and his own not-for-profit program, One Shepherd, the Technical Institute of Leadership. These projects included the development of live, virtual, and constructive simulation.

Christopher has lived abroad for eight years total, including four years in Europe, three more years in East Asia, and a year in the Middle East. Christopher currently resides in the American Midwest with his wife and two daughters.